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4.26.2008

Almost

Sorry for the lack of an update during this week. Almost every minute I could spare on the computer was spent trying to get a handle on the Brilliance and set up two loadings prior to dry dock in Le Havre and Southampton. Second loading in Southampton went off pretty smooth today and the Brilliance is on her way to us in Hamburg.

Meanwhile the Summit is pretty much ready to go. The dock bottom is clean except for 4 welders working furiously on one of the pods and the yard will flood the dock in about an hour. We'll sit on the blocks with water in the dock all night and most of tomorrow while we bring in the lifeboats, check for leaks and start the numerous tests that are required before the ship departs tomorrow around 6pm.

My work is well in hand for the Summit and in general everything is ready for the Brilliance but there's never ending paperwork and spreadsheets that I can work on tonight and tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be done with trash removal and the last few containers in the early afternoon and when the Summit leaves hopefully there will be time for dinner in town before we get on the Brilliance late. Probably won't be able to get on the Brilliance until after midnight so tomorrow will be another long day.

Obviously my thoughts really have no coherent order so I guess this update is done. We had one "emergency" today (aside from one guy breaking his ankle in the casing) and I ended up moving a couple hundred, 20 foot long plastic pipes all around the ship at the last moment. Good work out but I probably could have done without.

Well, hopefully the water is back on in my cabin by now and I can hit the shower before getting back to Hell's Inbox. Would seriously LOVE to hear how people are doing if anyone has time. Every time I start to write a personal email something seems to come up. . . but hey! I made it through this post without interruption so maybe things are looking up.

It's quarter to 7 in the evening and I could probably crawl into bed after a shower and just not get up. It feels good to be tired.